Loving Harvey: some Christmas musings
I wrote and published this piece six years ago, shortly after the death of a close friend. I came across it this week, and honestly, I'd forgotten that I wrote [...]
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Dec, 2019
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Dec, 2019
grace: a surprise from the universe
This is a true story. It happened several years ago, when I was still working full time. It was early on a Saturday morning when I set out with a [...]
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Nov, 2019
A Prayer for Healing Division
I first wrote and published this piece several years ago when Barack Obama was president and John Boehner was speaker of the house, and we were in the midst of [...]
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Jul, 2019
Happy Birthday, USA
This is a re-run from the early days of this blog, but still topical and seasonal. Enjoy! I pledge allegiance to this sand and gravel road that runs between the [...]
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Jun, 2019
New Book!
Greetings Blogosphere! I am excited to announce that I am releasing another book, a brief collection of short short stories (aka "flash fiction") and essays. It's called Wild Imaginings. Currently [...]
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Nov, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be aware of the grace that surrounds you.
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Nov, 2018
Dia De Los Muertos
The prompt for this one was "nature's tranquilizer." This is where it led. I had one of those nights when I thought I couldn’t sleep, when I thought my mind [...]
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Apr, 2018
Say His Name
My home town Sacramento has been in the news more often than usual lately. We received a lot of positive press when Greta Gerwig started filming her movies right here [...]
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Mar, 2018
Pray For Harmony
Earlier this week, a post appeared on my FB page, saying that the parents of the teenaged girl shot and badly injured on Tuesday in yet another school shooting in [...]
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Jan, 2014
Bridget’s Feast Day
Sure, this weekend brings us SuperBowl Sunday, but also something more important than that: it's the Celtic festival of Imbolc, the traditional celebration of the beginning of spring, also known [...]